Picture of a very spicy chilly locally known in manipur as “U-Morok” and “Thangjing” . Thangjing is a water plant and the skin is quite spiky. The seeds/nuts inside is eaten with “morokmetpa” (chilly smashed with small fermented fish “ngari”) or eromba and is quite addictive.
I haven’t seen this vegetable in any other place. If anyone eats or have seen this vegetable please drop a comments. Thanks !
Thanks to Rakesh Sougaijam for sharing this picture.
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October 24, 2006 at 6:14 pm
What a strange veggies!! Never seen them before!! Must taste good!!:))
October 25, 2006 at 6:55 am
Thangjing, despite its apalling appearance, is one ‘must-have’ for the meitei singju and eromba…i like both the kinds. And well for the U-morok, winter’s here…might as well need some ‘o those lol.
October 25, 2006 at 3:20 pm
YES YES YES Thangjing is a “must have”.
April 22, 2008 at 8:42 am
Che Monica,
From whatever little I know abt thangjing…in hindi its called “makhana”…in places like bihar…they make popcorn from the thangjing maru. Even in Tripura its popular among the locals and of course the meitei population here
September 25, 2008 at 2:40 pm
I haven’t come acroos any real U-morok in Europe or anywhere else in the globe. What i have seen in some asian markets are the Scotch Bonnet Chillies. Often you will find Habanero chillies in soups in Latin America. Both of them match quite alike U-morok.
Thangjing (foxnut) is quite common to see in any thai or chinese supermarkets.
However, its been ages since i last had those. Come October… and looking forward to relish those when i visit imphal.
October 8, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Che Monica,
As my name suggests, I am a great fan of Naga Morich.
But I see that you have displayed picture of U-Morok in such a large quantity that I feel jelous of you.
I know Naga so well that I find U-Morok is different in look than Naga.
How I wish I could lay my hands on U-Morok!!
I live in Detroit USA and grow my own chillies.
Can you direct me to a source in Manipur from where I can get seeds?
I would be highly obliged.
Naga Jolokia Addict aka Hemant Trivedi
February 25, 2009 at 3:29 pm
As far as U-Morok is concern it is avialabe in Dubai too but the origin is from Bangaladesh. Is hot and looks the same….but my heart still ponder for the Original One from Sana Leibak Manipur.
April 7, 2009 at 5:45 pm
well i m to searcing for thangjing at bihar but i could not find
May 21, 2009 at 6:50 am
its very tasty…
September 15, 2009 at 1:58 pm
U-Morok is available here in Yangon also but I haven’t found Thangjing yet.